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Exploring What Role Patient Advocacy Plays in Bundled Payment Outcomes

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In bundled payment models, patient advocacy plays a pivotal role in improving care coordination, patient satisfaction, and adherence to treatment plans. This blog explores how patient advocacy enhances care quality, addresses social determinants of health, and supports bundled payment success.

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5 Women Nursing You Need to Know About Today

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She also mentors and teaches nurse managers and physician medical directors at the University of Colorado Hospital and Colorado Children’s Hospital when it comes to areas of leadership, operations, safety, and process improvement. She is Nigerian-American with a deep personal tie to the African continent.

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6 Ways ER and Urgent Care Nurses Can Bridge the Gap for Uninsured Patients

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Navigating Financial Assistance and Payment Plans For many uninsured patients, the biggest concern is the potential financial burden of emergency medical services. Nurses can be crucial navigators by providing information on hospital financial assistance programs and flexible payment plans.

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How to Leverage Your Degree to Make a Successful Shift to Healthcare

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These are some skills that are highly relevant to healthcare administration or hospital management. Understanding the various subfields within healthcare allows you to tailor your transition to a role that aligns with your interests and strengths.

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Retail Clinics’ Growing Role in Health Care and Prescription Drug Sales

Health Populi

The second chart graphs average charge per claim for common retail clinic diagnoses, connecting the dots between site-of-care and lower costs in retail clinics compared with hospital outpatient departments, doctor’s offices, and urgent care centers which are higher-cost than retail clinics.

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Essential Qualities and Characteristics of a Good Nurse

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With the significant need for RNs nationally and globally, understanding the qualities of a good nurse is critical for hospitals and health systems aiming to attract and retain the best nursing talent. In other words, be an advocate for patients, with special attention to their overall safety.

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Meet the New President of the AANP: Stephen A. Ferrara

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Once I understood the role of nurses and patient advocacy, the ability to share health information and care for people and promote health and wellness, that was my epiphany. And I give kudos to my colleagues who are on units in hospitals. I wanted to see patients on an ambulatory basis.